Frida

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'The portrait of a fascinating, eccentric, and indomitable woman . . . an incandescent novel' Elle

'No author has yet captured Frida's tragic life in words as sensually and passionately as this' Grazia

'Claire Berest writes as captivatingly and vividly as Frida Kahlo painted' Paris Match

WINNER OF ELLE FRANCE'S GRAND PRIX DES LECTRICES

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She knows everything about him, about his mythology, and he knows nothing of her, she is nobody.

He is Mexico's greatest painter, she is from Coyoacan, twenty years his junior and with a broken spine to boot.

Translated into English for the first time, Claire Berest's award-winning novel is a striking fictional imagining of the vibrant life and tumultuous marriage of one of the world's most enigmatic and beloved artists: Frida Kahlo.